Edges of Global Transformation (eBook, PDF)

Ethnographies of Uncertainty
Redaktion: Fyhn, Håkon; Larsen, Anne Kathrine; Aspen, Harald

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Through nine ethnographic case-studies, Edges of Global Transformation explores situations where global transformations associated with neoliberalism meet local realities. The "edge" of transformation is characterized by uncertainty, as old patterns are consumed and new formed. The nine case studies from Africa, Europe and the Middle East shed light on how uncertainty plays an inevitable and essential role in the grey zone between macro-transformations and local responses. Despite the tremendous difference in precariousness between these cases, each contributor explores ways in which transformations are conceived and acted upon within the space of possibility that is opened and apprehended locally. The role of uncertainty as an active force is explored throughout the book. While in some cases, uncertainty has a clear restricting effect; other cases illustrate its potential as a productive force. As a contribution to understanding the dynamic of the local realities of global change, the book will be valuable reading for anyone interested in globalization and the neoliberal world order.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216222620
• Artikelnr.: 74396945

Autorenporträt

Edited by Håkon Fyhn; Harald Aspen and Anne Kathrine Larsen - Foreword by Nigel Rapport - Contributions by Harald Aspen; Bjørn Arntsen; Marianna Betti; Astrid Blystad; Håkon Fyhn; Liv Haram; Siri Lange; Anne Kathrine Larsen; Dorcas Mfaume; Martin Thomasse

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Building Creatures of Uncertainty: Crisis, Storytelling and
Othering in the Norwegian Building Industry by Håkon Fyhn Chapter 2: The
Perfect Subject and its Discontents: Central Europe at a Crossroad by
Martin Thomassen Chapter 3: Protection as a Strategy: The Response of
Bedouin Village Women to the Development of Dubai by Anne Kathrine Larsen
Chapter 4: Localizing Ontologies of Uncertainty in Neoliberal Tanzania by
Liv Haram Chapter 5: Aggravated Uncertainty: The Dubious Influence of a
Modern Management Regime on Lake Chad Fisheries by Bjørn Arntsen Chapter 6:
Vulnerability and Trust: Migrants in Search of a Better Position in Urban
Northern Cameroon by Trond Waage Chapter 7: State, Peasant Society and
Modernization in Ethiopia by Harald Aspen Chapter 8: Globally Designed
Accountability and Local Social Inequality; A Case Study of Two Maternal
Deaths in Tanzania by Siri Lange, Dorcas Mfaume and Astrid Blystad Chapter
9: Well-Being, Healthcare and Development in Turkana: Pre and Post
Devolution by Marianna Betti